Chapter Twenty six

ELENA'S POV

FUCK. I was in deep shit, and who told me to leave the mansion. I placed my hands out in an 'I mean you no harm' way.

"Look, I'm sorry for chasing you. You can have the paper, okay?" I said to the boy I chased, it seems he's their leader or so.

I got no response from anyone instead they began to move toward me. My fists tightened as the boys shuffled closer, trying to cage me in. I spun, shooting my right leg out but the second boy caught my feet in his hand and twisted, using the force to throw me against the wall. Pain blossomed in my lower back where it'd connected with the wall. The boy who had taken the paper took something from another boy and began to walk closer. Shit.

I scrambled back, trying to move away from him as fast as I could.

In the fading evening light, I could see the glint of a knife in the boy's hand. He grabbed my leg as I was trying to move to the other side of the alley away from them, his grip was really strong, especially for a boy his age. My gu